单词	cave
释义	cave1 nouncave2 verb cavecave1 /keɪv/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcave1 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French, Latin cava, from cavus ‘hollow’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He looked inside the cave and saw a lion. He spent many nights sleeping in an open orchard in torrential rain until he located a small cave. It was inside a cave, but bigger than any cave had a right to be. One day he heard a noise coming from a cave. Only a few of us knew about the cave. She'd feel safer trapped in a cave, with some dark formless danger lurking in the shadows. The largest system is the Lancaster-Easegill complex where there are around 30 miles of cave passages. We pass rocky beaches, secret inlets, muddy coves, dark hidden sea caves pounded by surf. word sets WORD SETS► Nature backwater, nounbank, nounbank, verbbare, adjectivebarrier reef, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbeck, nounbelt, nounbillow, nounbiting, adjectivebitter, adjectiveblack ice, nounblast, nounblazing, adjectivebleach, verbblizzard, nounblow, verbblowy, adjectivebluff, nounbluster, verbblustery, adjectivebog, nounboiling, adjectiveboulder, nounbracing, adjectivebreaker, nounbreeze, nounbreezy, adjectivebrook, nounbrush, nounbrushwood, nounburn, nounbutte, nouncanyon, nouncascade, nouncataract, nouncave, nouncavern, nounchange, verbchasm, nounchoppy, adjectiveclap, nounclear, verbclement, adjectivecliff, nouncloud, nouncloudburst, nouncloudy, adjectivecoast, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncone, nouncopse, nouncountry, nouncranny, nouncrater, nouncreation, nouncreep, verbcrisp, adjectivecrosswind, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundale, noundell, noundense, adjectivedew, noundewdrop, noundewfall, noundewy, adjectivedisgorge, verbdog days, noundownpour, noundownriver, adverbdownstream, adverbdownwind, adverbdrift, verbdrift, noundriftwood, noundrizzle, noundrop, verbdrop, noundrought, noundry, adjectivedry land, noundull, adjectivedune, nounduster, noundust storm, nouneast, adjectiveeddy, nounelectrical storm, nounequable, adjectiveeye, nounface, nounfail, verbfair, adjectivefall, nounfell, nounfen, nounfield, nounfierce, adjectivefiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood, verbflood, nounflood tide, nounflotsam, nounflow, nounflow, verbflower, nounflurry, nounfog, nounfogbound, adjectivefoggy, adjectivefoothill, nounfoothold, nounford, nounforeshore, nounforest, nounfoul, adjectivefreak, adjectivefreeze, nounfresh, adjectivefreshen, verbfreshwater, adjectivefrost, nounfury, noungale, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungentle, adjectivegeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglen, noungnarled, adjectivegrassy, adjectivegreen, adjectivegreenery, nounground, nounground level, noungulley, noungully, noungust, noungust, verbgusty, adjectivehail, nounhailstone, nounhailstorm, nounhaze, nounheadwind, nounheath, nounheather, nounheat wave, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhill, nounhillock, nounhillside, nounhill station, nounhilly, adjectivehoarfrost, nounhot spring, nounhummock, nounhurricane, nounice, nouniceberg, nounice cap, nouninclement, adjectiveincline, nounIndian summer, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninshore, adverbisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounjetsam, nounjungle, nounknoll, nounlake, nounlakeside, adjectiveledge, nounlightning, nounlip, nounloch, nounlough, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounmarshland, nounmeadow, nounmere, nounmild, adjectivemillpond, nounmire, nounmist, nounmisty, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmonsoon, nounmoonless, adjectivemoor, nounmoorland, nounMother Nature, nounmound, nounmountain, nounmountainous, adjectivemountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudflat, nounmull, nounmurmur, verbmurmur, nounnarrows, nounnestle, verbnew moon, nounnook, nounnorth, adjectivenortheast, adjectivenortheaster, nounnortheasterly, adjectivenortherly, adjectivenorthwest, adjectivenorthwester, nounnorthwesterly, adjectivenotch, nounoasis, nounonshore, adjectiveooze, nounoutcrop, nounovercast, adjectiveozone, nounpack ice, nounpalisade, nounpanorama, nounparch, verbparched, adjectivepass, nounpatchy, adjectivepeak, nounpeal, nounpeasouper, nounpebble, nounpelt, verbpenumbra, nounperishing, adjectivepinewood, nounpinnacle, nounpitiless, adjectivepond, nounpour, verbprecipice, nounprospect, nounpuddle, nounquicksand, nounradiate, verbraging, adjectiverain, nounrainbow, nounrain drop, nounrainfall, nounrainstorm, nounrainwater, nounrainy, adjectiverange, nounrapids, nounrarefied, adjectiveravine, nounraw, adjectiverecede, verbreedy, adjectivereef, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrime, nounrise, verbrise, nounrock, nounrocky, adjectiveroll, verbrolling, adjectiverough, adjectiverural, adjectivescenery, nounscud, verbsea breeze, nounsea mist, nounset, verbshore, nounsky, nounslope, nounsludge, nounsnow, nounsnowbound, adjectivesnow-capped, adjectivesnowdrift, nounsnowfall, nounsnowflake, nounsnowstorm, nounsnowy, adjectivesouth, adjectivesoutheast, adjectivesoutheaster, nounsoutheasterly, adjectivesoutherly, adjectivesouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivespinney, nounspring, nounstream, nounsullen, adjectivesultry, adjectivesummer, nounsummit, nounsun, nounsundown, nounsun-drenched, adjectivesunrise, nounsunset, nounsunshine, nounswamp, nounsweep, verbswollen, adjectivetempestuous, adjectivethaw, verbthaw, nounthicket, nounthin, adjectivethunder, verbthunderbolt, nounthunderstorm, nounthundery, adjectivetide, nountreeless, adjectivetree-lined, adjectivetrough, nounturf, nountussock, nountwilight, nounvale, nounvalley, nounverdant, adjectivevisibility, nounvoid, nounwashout, nounwater, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterside, nounwaterspout, nounwax, verbwest, adjectivewest, adverbwestbound, adjectivewesterly, adjectivewesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwet, adjectivewhirlpool, nounwhirlwind, nounwhite horses, nounwhitewater, nounwild, adjectivewill o' the wisp, nounwind, nounwindstorm, nounwindswept, adjectivewindy, adjectivewood, nounwooded, adjectivewoodland, nounwoodsy, adjectivewoody, adjectivezephyr, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► dark · The door was flung wide, and inside lay a dark cave.· We pass rocky beaches, secret inlets, muddy coves, dark hidden sea caves pounded by surf.· When Jean-Claude emerged from the hide-out, he held out his arm and dragged me into the dark cave.· Others, such as the Delphic Python, live in dark moist caves.· Inside, these dwellings were dark like caves.· He carried her off to the dark cave.· No more visits to dark, ghostly caves, Roman! NOUN► art · Primitivism To look at the mystery of cave art means first of all to look at our own prejudices. ► dweller · Aggression would have given a survival advantage in cave dweller days and earlier and so would have been favored by natural selection. ► entrance · Gnome passage, where we headed after leaving the cave entrance, was one of the highlights of the cave for me.· Prior to each flight, rangers offer free programs in a seating area near the cave entrance.· Some of these riverbank cave entrances are submerged when the river is in spate making their underground passages subject to sudden flooding.· The enterprising walker could reach Cape Matapan and look for the cave entrance to Hades.· He became very aggressive to any other fish that came near his cave entrance. ► painting · Certainly some of their art, such as cave paintings, survives and may provide a clue as to how they thought.· In other words, the dangers of the Internet are as old as cave paintings.· All these concepts have been applied, successively, to prehistoric cave paintings, with different but always arbitrary results.· Siberia became a center for the same culture that had produced the cave paintings.· The opportunity for cave painting, in an artificial cave, demonstrated man's earliest use of pigments as paints.· The Cro-Magnon cave paintings demonstrate that wild animals also can be part of the family. ► system · Intermittent drainage, underground watercourses and vast cave systems are features of the karst.· At 3.1 kilometers, this dive is the longest underwater traverse of two cave systems in the world. VERB► enter · As they enter their caves, they start producing a series of high-pitched clicks.· After entering the cave, Hawk senses such awesome power that he flees in terror.· And for that to happen you must do one day as I did, and enter the crystal cave of vision.· Previously, people entered caves to Join with the Goddess's body.· Not everyone wants to enter the cave on such terms. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► city/town/cave etc dweller Added to this is the vibration caused by heavy goods vehicles and the annoyance of air traffic suffered by all city dwellers. Bartlett drew from the old-fashioned uniforms of the virile football player and the preening perfection of the city dweller. But then, city dwellers have never been long on modesty. It is the dilemma of city dwellers, of all those refugees from the past in search of the future. Most shoppers know that only cave dwellers would pay the list price for electronics goods, for example. Poverty has become persistent, and apparently self-reinforcing, for millions of city dwellers, most of them black or Hispanic. This assistance inevitably spilled over as an increase in general prosperity for the ordinary Milanese city dweller. Unlike many town dwellers, farmers can at least eat well. ► the roof falls/caves in The Warriors were leading, with only a few minutes of the game to go, when the roof fell in. It may not be long before the roof falls in. a large natural hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or under the ground → caving:  the entrance to a cave cave1 nouncave2 verb cavecave2 verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINcave2 Origin: 1700-1800 Probably from calve ‘to cave in’ (18-19 centuries), perhaps from Flemish inkalven; influenced by ➔ CAVE1 Verb Table VERB TABLE cave Simple Form Present I, you, we, they cave he, she, it caves Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they caved Present perfect I, you, we, they have caved he, she, it has caved Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had caved Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will cave Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have caved Continuous Form Present I am caving he, she, it is caving you, we, they are caving Past I, he, she, it was caving you, we, they were caving Present perfect I, you, we, they have been caving he, she, it has been caving Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been caving Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be caving Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been caving Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS In October, on 3 October 1985, I was feeling so depressed I thought the walls were caving in on me. It is clear that the walls around the governor are caving in. Newport looked poised to run away with it, but Bridgend refused to cave in. Sixty foot drops are not really much to write home about when some one's been caving as long as he has. Will Grijalva cave in and go with Postil? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto accept something after first refusing or opposing it► accept to accept someone's suggestion, offer, or demand, after refusing it for some time: finally accept something: · After a three week strike, the company has finally accepted the workers' pay demands.· The owners finally accepted our offer of £62,000.(finally) have to accept something: · The President finally had to accept that there was little support for his health care initiatives. ► give in to unwillingly agree to accept someone's demands after they have argued with you, asked you repeatedly, or threatened you: · Jenny kept begging me for a new bicycle, and I finally gave in.give in to: · The President said he would never give in to demands by terrorists.· You shouldn't always give in to other people -- stick up for yourself more. ► back down to agree to stop saying that you are right or that other people obey you: · Even though it was obvious Emma's demands were unrealistic, she wouldn't back down.back down on: · Congress has backed down on its demand for an increase in defense spending. ► bow to : bow to somebody's wishes/opinions/demands/pressure etc to agree to do something because many people want you to, even though you do not want to do it: · The government finally bowed to public opinion and abolished the unpopular tax.· McDonald's finally bowed to consumer pressure and announced that it would no longer use styrofoam boxes to package its hamburgers. ► accede to : accede to somebody's demands/request/wishes formal to accept someone's demands etc: · The Democrats have finally acceded to Republican demands to cut taxes.· Meyer acceded to the President's request that he continue as education secretary until a replacement could be found. ► cave in to finally accept what someone has suggested or to finally agree to something that they want - use this when you think someone should not accept something and are being weak if they do: · Strike leaders are privately saying they would like an end to the dispute, but don't want to be seen to be caving in.cave in to: · It's unlikely that the government will cave in to the rebels' demands. when an upright object, a building, a wall, etc falls► fall · She was playing just yards from where the building fell.fall across/onto/on top of · A tree had fallen across the road and blocked it.fall off/out of/from · The days were getting shorter and the leaves had started falling from the trees· I can't find my passport - it must have fallen out of my pocket. ► fall over if a tall object falls over , it falls onto its side from an upright position: · That bookcase looks as if it's about to fall over.· There was no wind; the tree just fell over. ► fall down if a building, wall, or fence falls down , part or all of it falls to the ground, because it is in bad condition or because it has been damaged: · A boy was injured yesterday when part of a wall fell down near to where he was playing.· A large tree fell down during a windstorm and damaged our car. ► collapse if a building, wall etc collapses , it suddenly falls down, especially because of a sudden pressure: · Our tent collapsed in the middle of the night.· The building was badly damaged in the explosion, and rescue workers are worried that it may collapse.· Minutes later the second tower collapsed. ► fall in if a roof falls in , it falls to the ground inside the building: · During the hurricane the roof fell in.fall in on: · We need to fix the ceiling before it falls in on us. ► cave in if a roof, wall etc caves in , it suddenly and heavily falls inwards especially because it is weak and in bad condition: · The roof has caved in, so the whole building has been declared unsafe.cave in on: · Wooden beams support the roof, preventing it from caving in on the miners. ► topple over if something topples over , it moves unsteadily backwards and forwards then falls to the ground: · The little boy put one more brick on the tower and it toppled over.· That plant's going to topple over if you don't put it in a bigger pot. ► tip over to suddenly turn and fall to the ground as a result of not being properly balanced: · I sat on the edge of the table, and the whole thing tipped over.· The fire started when a lamp tipped over and ignited a cloth sofa. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► city/town/cave etc dweller Added to this is the vibration caused by heavy goods vehicles and the annoyance of air traffic suffered by all city dwellers. Bartlett drew from the old-fashioned uniforms of the virile football player and the preening perfection of the city dweller. But then, city dwellers have never been long on modesty. It is the dilemma of city dwellers, of all those refugees from the past in search of the future. Most shoppers know that only cave dwellers would pay the list price for electronics goods, for example. Poverty has become persistent, and apparently self-reinforcing, for millions of city dwellers, most of them black or Hispanic. This assistance inevitably spilled over as an increase in general prosperity for the ordinary Milanese city dweller. Unlike many town dwellers, farmers can at least eat well. ► the roof falls/caves in The Warriors were leading, with only a few minutes of the game to go, when the roof fell in. It may not be long before the roof falls in. cave in phrasal verb1if the top or sides of something cave in, they fall down or inwardscave in on The roof of the tunnel caved in on them.2to finally stop opposing something, especially because someone has persuaded or threatened youcave in to The chairman is expected to cave in to pressure from shareholders.
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